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Estallar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to burst, explode”.
Below are all of the conjugations for estallar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to burst, explode |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | estallar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está estallando) and past continuous (estaba estallando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. bursting out laughing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he estallado and hubiera estallado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have burst out laughing).
| Gerundio / Gerund | estallando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | estallado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I burst out laughing” or “they burst out laughing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estallo |
| Tú | estallas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estalla |
| Nosotros / as | estallamos |
| Vosotros / as | estalláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estallan |
| Vos | estallás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I burst out laughing” or “she burst out laughing” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estallé | I burst out laughing |
| Tú | estallaste | You burst out laughing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estalló | He / she / you burst out laughing |
| Nosotros / as | estallamos | We burst out laughing |
| Vosotros / as | estallasteis | You burst out laughing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estallaron | They / you burst out laughing |
| Vos | estallaste | You burst out laughing |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was bursting out laughing” or “she was bursting out laughing” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estallaba | I was bursting out laughing |
| Tú | estallabas | You were bursting out laughing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estallaba | He was / she was / you were bursting out laughing |
| Nosotros / as | estallábamos | We were bursting out laughing |
| Vosotros / as | estallabais | You were bursting out laughing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estallaban | They / you were bursting out laughing |
| Vos | estallabas | You were bursting out laughing |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have burst out laughing” and “she has burst out laughing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he estallado | I have burst out laughing |
| Tú | has estallado | You have burst out laughing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha estallado | He has / she has / you have burst out laughing |
| Nosotros / as | hemos estallado | We have burst out laughing |
| Vosotros / as | habéis estallado | You have burst out laughing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han estallado | They / you have burst out laughing |
| Vos | has estallado | You have burst out laughing |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would burst out laughing” or “she would burst out laughing”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estallaría | I would burst out laughing |
| Tú | estallarías | You would burst out laughing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estallaría | He / she / you would burst out laughing |
| Nosotros / as | estallaríamos | We would burst out laughing |
| Vosotros / as | estallaríais | You would burst out laughing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estallarían | They / you would burst out laughing |
| Vos | estallarías | You would burst out laughing |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will burst out laughing” or “they will burst out laughing”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a estallar” means “They are going to burst out laughing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estallaré | I will burst out laughing |
| Tú | estallarás | You will burst out laughing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estallará | He / she / you will burst out laughing |
| Nosotros / as | estallaremos | We will burst out laughing |
| Vosotros / as | estallaréis | You will burst out laughing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estallarán | They / you will burst out laughing |
| Vos | estallarás | You will burst out laughing |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estalle |
| Tú | estalles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estalle |
| Nosotros / as | estallemos |
| Vosotros / as | estalléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estallen |
| Vos | estalles |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estallara | estallase |
| Tú | estallaras | estallase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estallara | estallase |
| Nosotros / as | estalláramos | estallásemos |
| Vosotros / as | estallarais | estallaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estallaran | estallasen |
| Vos | estallaras | estallase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estallare |
| Tú | estallares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estallare |
| Nosotros / as | estalláremos |
| Vosotros / as | estallareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estallaren |
| Vos | estallares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “burst out laughing!” and “don’t burst out laughing!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | estalla | no estalles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estalle | no estalle |
| Nosotros / as | estallemos | no estallemos |
| Vosotros / as | estallad | no estalléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estallen | no estallen |
| Vos | estallá | no estalles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya estallado |
| Tú | hayas estallado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya estallado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos estallado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis estallado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan estallado |
| Vos | hayas estallado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera estallado / hubiese estallado |
| Tú | hubieras estallado / hubieses estallado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera estallado / hubiese estallado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos estallado / hubiésemos estallado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais estallado / hubieseis estallado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran estallado / hubiesen estallado |
| Vos | hubieras estallado / hubieses estallado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere estallado |
| Tú | hubieres estallado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere estallado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos estallado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis estallado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren estallado |
| Vos | hubieres estallado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté estallando |
| Tú | estés estallando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté estallando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos estallando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis estallando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén estallando |
| Vos | estés estallando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera estallando / estuviese estallando |
| Tú | estuvieras estallando / estuvieses estallando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera estallando / estuviese estallando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos estallando / estuviésamos estallando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais estallando / estuvieseis estallando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera estallando / estuviese estallando |
| Vos | estuvieras estallando / estuvieses estallando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere estallando |
| Tú | estuvieres estallando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere estallando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos estallando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis estallando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere estallando |
| Vos | estuvieres estallando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos estallás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos estallaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos estallabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos estallarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos estallarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos estalles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos estallaras / Vos estallase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos estallá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no estalles |